Excerpt from A Complete Body of Heraldry, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing, an Historical Enquiry Into the Origin of Armories, and the Rise and Progress of Heraldry, Considered as a Science; The Institution of the Offices of Constable, Marshal, and Earl Marshal of England
Parma (duke of) Or, fix fieurs-de-lis az. Three, two, and one, for parma, impaling mantua; over all an ef cutcheon quarterly, castile and leon, as Infant of Spain.
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